New to the forum / MIDI Device

Hey everyone,br
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Just want to say hi as I’m new to this forum and pretty much new to music production as a whole. I’ve been DJ’ing house music (prog, tech and deep) for about 12 years and recently my interest in creating music has gathered pace, leading to me purchasing Ableton Live Suite 8 and taking up a subscription on here.br
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Already enjoying and very much appreciating the video tutorials on the site and looking forward to browsing the forums.br
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I’ve been looking at buying my first MIDI synthesizer for a while now, mainly at the Novation Mininova and the MikroKorg and I was just wondering if anyone could offer any advice? Maybe even point me in another direction?br
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Many Thanks,br
Will

It would be much cheaper and more versatile getting just a controller and using plugins for your sound.br
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I have 2 Controllers:br
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M-Audio Keystaion 88esbr
Akai LPK25br
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Both are really useful

Great, thanks for the advice.br
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I’ll definitely check out those options now.br
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Cheers